Category: Prague-Vienna-Bratislava-Budapest

Day 10: Counting my blessings

I made great progress across northern Hungary on another stunning day, getting to within 100 km of Budapest. Close to Komárno I received the sad news that the mother of a very dear friend has just passed away. May she Rest in Peace. So I am stopping here for now and travelling back to Ireland.…

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Day 9: To Bratislava and beyond

The man of the house made me breakfast, apologising that his wife was away. He shouldn’t have. After stuffing myself with varieties of breads, cheeses, meats and coffee, as I left he handed me a packed lunch. What a host! Cycling conditions were perfect – sun blazing, a light breeze, birds singing and the road…

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Day 6: Beeline to Valtice

After another great sleep and a roadside bike-fix I was back in the saddle. There are no yellow signs at the junction in Hnizdo, but there is a blue Austrian track sign to follow, which soon joins up with #48. I zoomed through the wonderfully named village of Slup before stopping in Jaraslovice to look…

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Day 4: Tickling the Austrian border

A great day overall after a slow start. I was passing castle Landstejn and thought I would cheekily recharge my phone and laptop while sipping malenovka – raspberry lemonade that everyone drinks in summer. I had a garlic soup, then another. Good for the lungs apparently, and delicious. I got talking with an Austrian couple…

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Day 3: South Bohemia

I was so comfortable that I slept-in. So much for the early start! On such a beautiful morning, it would have been wrong not to have a lazy breakfast while basking in the sun. So that’s what I did. After mounting my steed I held a steady pace over rolling countryside to Tucapy. Surprisingly I…

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Day 2: Towards Tabor

I was woken at 5am by a cacophony of birdsong, which I supplemented with porridge and strong coffee. Then back on the road, still following route #11, and with some trepidation about the coming hill climbs. But I needn’t have worried, I was in Neveklov no no time, picked up some water and went to…

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Day 1: Leaving Prague…

…wasn’t as easy as I expected! If I had gone directly from the house I could have followed the river south and just veered of to Průhonice. But I decided to ‘start from the start’ and follow the ‘official’ route as much as possible. It begins in Central Park, which isn’t central at all –…

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Prague to Vienna by the Greenways route

This is the main route of the Prague-Vienna Greenways, a network of trails through Southern Bohemia, Moravia and Austria. It’s not all dedicated cycle path, but mostly backroads and dirt tracks winding through the countryside, taking-in dainty villages, national parks, and UNESCO heritage sites. April is perhaps a tad too early to witness the countryside…

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